I have a Ramsey 9500.
It hasn't been stressed or used much, but so far so good. I have noticed it will pile up the cable one side of the drum, and then the cable gets wedged between the drum and cylnoid assembly. -Not good-. I think I'm going to get about 50 ft of cable cut off, so that will leave me with 100 feet of cable still on the drum. That should be plenty for around here. It would also increase the leverage of the winch, so the winch will be able to pull harder, with the same amount of cable spooled out. I like how the Ramsey winch is balanced, the gears are on one side, the motor is on the other (fit my between my frame rails and the drum was still centerd). The engagement lever rotates around the diameter of the drum, and feels solid.
I have heard that the Ramseys have a reliability problem tho'.
Warn winches are far more popular with the boys in the "know". That should count for something. It looks to me, like the Warn winches have a set of gears placed by the motor (the other 2 sets of gears are on the oposite side), this makes the motor side of the winch much longer, and if your tring to place the winch between your frame rails, may leave it off centerd. The engagement lever "feels" clunky and harder to use (to me any-way).
I haven't heard of any signficant problems with the Warn winches.
I'd go with a Warn winch if packaging isn't a problem (like if you plan on useing a A.M. winch bumper)
If space is a issue, the Ramseys are a bit tighter.
<font color=blue>Wow factors
A SBC (4" X 3.48") with 2" intake-valve at 6,000 RPMs:
1- The piston reaches a maximum speed of 60 MPH
